Mypcfriends.com
Privacy Policy
Updated March, 2009
Mypcfriends.com cares deeply about online privacy. If you have
any questions concerning this privacy policy, please
email us at Support@mypcfriends.com.
Information Collection
and Use by Mypcfriends.com
Mypcfriends.com collects user submitted information such as name, email
address, and age to authenticate users and to
send notifications to those users relating to the Mypcfriends.com
service. Mypcfriends.com also collects other profile data
including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and
occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each
other.Mypcfriends.com also logs non-personally-identifiable
information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and
browser type, from users and visitors to the site This data is used to manage
the website, track usage and improve the website services. This
non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to
provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses
are recorded for security and monitoring purposes.
User Profile information
including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to
facilitate user interaction in the Mypcfriends.com social
networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new
friends to join Mypcfriends, to add
users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the
service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and
notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people
within a user's personal network. Users within a personal network communicate
on Mypcfriends.com with each other through the Mypcfriends.com
service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never
directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends
and acquaintances on the service, Mypcfriends.com allows users
to search for other members.
We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news
regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by
changing their "notification" setting in the user "Profile"
settings.
From time to time, Mypcfriends.com
or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or
contest on Mypcfriends.com. Users may be asked to provide
personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer
questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to
certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information
from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the
personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Invitations and Other
Communications to Non-members
Mypcfriends members can invite friends to join the service by sending
invitation emails via our automated invitation system. Mypcfriends.com
stores the email addresses that members provide so that the respondents may be
added to the friend's list of the member sending the invitations, and also to
send reminders of the invitations Mypcfriends.com does not
sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides
invitations. Recipients of invitations from Mypcfriends.com
may contact Mypcfriends.com to request the removal of their
information from our database.
Mypcfriends members may also store
email addresses of people they know in their internal Mypcfriends
address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications
to those addresses.
Use of Cookies
Mypcfriends.com uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record
session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not
repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter,
advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile
information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any
personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be
able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or
notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the
"Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences
-- however, you must enable cookies from Mypcfriends.com in
order to use most functions on the site Please note that Mypcfriends
allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our
pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of
cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Mypcfriends
Privacy Policy.
Links
Mypcfriends.com contains links to sites. Mypcfriends.com
is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites.
When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on
that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on Mypcfriends.com.
Public Information
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post
public information that information can be accessed by the public and can in
turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Correcting/Updating or
Removing Information
Mypcfriends.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information
at any time by logging into their account
Email Choice/Opt-out
Members who no longer wish to receive updates or
notifications may choose not to making a change in
their Profile settings. All notification emails and Mypcfriends.com newsletters
also include instructions
Third Party
Advertising
Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to
users by Mypcfriends.com or one of our Web advertising
partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the
ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online
advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you,
or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine
which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver
targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This
privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Mypcfriends.com
and does not cover the
Security
Mypcfriends.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords Mypcfriends.com
takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We
use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our
database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who
need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service
personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the
security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or
software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member
information at any time
Sharing and Disclosure
of Information fubar.com Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy
statement, Mypcfriends will not
disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that
disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to
a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by Mypcfriends.com,
whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Mypcfriends.com
Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety
of members of the public and users of the service. Mypcfriends
reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest
that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of Mypcfriends or substantially all of its
assets to that successor in interest For more
information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section
Changes in Our Privacy
Policy
From time to time we may make changes to our privacy
policy If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of
what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any
changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have
been posted.